Development and implementation of a web-enabled 3D consultation tool for breast augmentation surgery based on 3D-image reconstruction of 2D pictures

Producing a rich, personalized Web-based consultation tool for plastic surgeons and patients is challenging

The international cooperation and the development of the euroregion by the example of border cities Cieszyn and Český Těšín

Artykuł poświęcony jest roli współpracy międzynarodowej w rozwoju miast przygranicznych i Euroregionu Śląsk Cieszyński. W pierwszej części skomentowano teoretyczne podstawy współpracy miast partnerskich, natomiast w drugiej skupiono się na analizie korzyści płynących dla mieszkańców miast Cieszyn i Czeski Cieszyn. W artykule wykorzystano fragmenty wywiadów zrealizowanych osobiście z Burmistrzem Miasta Cieszyna i Wicestarostą Czeskiego Cieszyna.The article is devoted to the role of the international cooperation in the development of the border cities and the Euroregion Cieszyn Silesia. In the first part of the article the author commented the theoretical bases of the cooperation, however the second part of this article is about the benefits of this cooperation to the residents of the city of Cieszyn and Český Těšín. The author of the article used the literature about the management of the cities development and interviews with the mayor of the city of Cieszyn

Best practices in online therapy

This article discusses important issues in delivery of best practice Internet-based therapy (etherapy). Etherapy is first defined as the interaction between a consumer and a therapist via the Internet (commonly via e-mail) in association with the use of a structured web-based clinical treatment program. A summary of the professional and ethical issues is provided, along with illustrated examples of best-practice principles experienced in clinical and research work by members of the Swinburne University of Technology Etherapy Unit (formerly the Etherapy Research, Education, and Training Unit in the Department of General Practice at Monash University). Etherapy has been found to be effective in treating a range of psychological disorders. Future research investigating methods of enhancing consumers' ability to engage in etherapy should further increase the effectiveness of this type of therapy

From biochemical reaction networks to 3D dynamics in the cell: The ZigCell3D modeling, simulation and visualisation framework

Systems-oriented research accelerates our understanding of biological processes and helps in identifying novel drug candidates. However, development of good models and our intuition is hampered by the biological complexity. To be able to see how candidate models evolve in front of the user in an interactive virtual 3D cell at various zoom levels, therefore is a crucial aspect and a challenging problem. The motivation for creating the ZigCell3D software, is thus a holistic view ranging from being able to change model parameters, see how they affect 3D versions of the cell at molecular levels, while at the same time being able to verify the simulated model against a real experimental fluorescence microscopy image. ZigCell3D is a virtual 3D whiteboard approach to chemical reaction modelling. It aims to provide a realtime interactive environment, where complex biophysics research is turned into a creative and game-like 3D environment. The complete system entails modelling, simulation and visualisation as part of a unified framework. The core visualisation is based on a multi-core parallel C/C++ ray tracing engine, that builds a complete 3D iso-surface model of the cell, its organelles and molecules down to the atomic level using PDB files. The simulator itself is based on coarse-grained Brownian motion of the individual molecules, which is visualised in detail in a tightly coupled manner. Using a virtual fluorescence microscope the virtual simulation environment can be benchmarked against real life experimental data